Egosoft Interactive FAQ

X³: Terran Conflict

A TLA is a Three Letter Acronym. Not all the acronyms used have three letters, of course!

Ship Classes

Ships are divided into classes according to their purpose. Most races have at least one type of ship in each class.

M0

Planet-killer (not used in Terran Conflict)

M1

Carrier

M2

Destroyer

M3(+)

Heavy fighter (Improved)

M4(+)

Medium fighter (Improved)

M5

Scout

M6

Corvette

M7

Frigate

M7M

Missile Frigate

M8

Bomber

TS

Transport Small

TL

Transport Large (can transport station kits)

TP

Transport Personnel/Passenger

TM

Transport Military (a small carrier ship)

OWP

Orbital Weapons Platform

LT

Laser Tower

NavSat

Navigation Relay Satellite

AdvSat

Advanced Satellite

Ship Variants

For smaller ships, most races have some variants of the basic ship types. Not all races have all variants available to buy at ship yards, and some don't even exist in a normal game.

Fighters can have up to four variants, typically having the following characteristics (though there is some variation so these rules do not always hold).

Raider

Faster, less shielding and less cargo

Vanguard

Faster, sometimes less shielding, sometimes better weapons

Hauler

Slower, more cargo space

Sentinel

Slower, more shielding, sometimes less cargo space

Small freighters may also have variants, again depending on race and again with not all variants being available for all ships.

Hauler

Slower, more shielding, more cargo space

Miner

Slower, more shielding, more cargo space

Tanker

Slower, more shielding, more cargo space

Tanker XL

Even slower, more shielding, more cargo space

Super-freighter

Even slower, more shielding, more cargo space

Super-freighter XL

Even slower again, even more shielding, even more cargo space

Certain ships also come in 'heavy, 'prototype', 'advanced' or 'enhanced' variants - this usually indicates an upgraded version of the basic ship.

Ship Equipment Levels

When buying smaller ships at a shipyard, different levels of equipment are available. Not to be confused with cargo classes (or the size of the ship!).

S

No weapons, minimum shielding

M

Basic weapons, medium shielding

L

More weapons, maximum shields

Ship Nicknames

A few ships have standard nicknames. Examples include:

EllyEllie

Split Elephant

Oddy

Paranid Odysseus

HCP

Argon Heavy Centaur Prototype

TLS

Goner Truelight Seeker

Transport Classes

Classes of cargo that a ship may, or may not, be able to carry. Not to be confused with ship equipment levels.

S

Small

M

Medium

L

Large

XL

Extra Large

ST

Station

Each ware has a transport class (or cargo class) and takes up a specific amount of ship cargo-hold, for example one unit of Rastar Oil takes up 6 units of space in M class containers, a unit of Argnu Beef takes up 4 units in S class containers, and an Ore Mine takes 8000 units in ST class containers. Note that this also applies to weapons and shields (even when installed).

Some types of equipment (e.g. jumpdrives) also have a minimum cargo class, and can only be installed on ships capable of transporting that class (although they don't actually take up any space).

Weapons

Weapons are divided into types.

Some weapon types have several variants: Alpha, Beta and occasionally Gamma. The Alpha costs the least, has the fastest fire rate and uses the least energy, but does the least damage. The Gamma variant is the most expensive, slow firing and energy-draining, but does the most damage. Unsurprisingly, the Beta variant is somewhere between the two. The variants are normally abbreviated to A, B and G and added as a prefix to the laser name abbreviation.

CFA

Cluster Flak Array

CIG

Concussion Impulse Generator

EBC

Energy Bolt Chaingun

(E)EMPC

(Experimental) Electro-magnetic Pulse Cannon

FAAFLAK

Flak Artillery Array

FBC

Fusion Beam Cannon (experimental weapon)

FBL

Fragmentation Bomb Launcher

FD

Fighter Drone

GC

Gauss Cannon

HEPT

High-Energy Plasma Thrower

IBL

Incendiary Bomb Launcher

IC

Ion Cannon

IDIonD

Ion Disruptor

IPG

Ion Pulse Generator

ISR

Ion Shard Railgun

IRE

Impulse Ray Emitter

KYONAKYONBKYONGKYON

Kyon Emitter (Kha'ak ships only)

(P)M/AMM/ALM/AML

(Prototype) Matter/Anti-matter Launcher

MD

Mass Driver

MDS

Mobile Drilling System

PAC

Particle Accelerator Cannon

PALC

Phased Array Laser Cannon (experimental weapon)

PBC

Plasma Beam Cannon (lasertower weapon)

PBE

Pulsed Beam Emitter

PBG

Plasma Burst Generator (flamethrower)

PPC

Photon Pulse Cannon

PRG

Phased Repeater Gun

PSG

Phased Shockwave Generator

PSP

Point Singularity Projector

(P)SSC

(Prototype) Starburst Shockwave Cannon

TB

Tractor Beam

TBCTBLC

Tri-Beam Laser Cannon (experimental weapon)

Shields

The type of a shield is indicated by a number showing its maximum strength.

1MJ

1,000KJ

5MJ

5,000KJ

25MJ

25,000KJ

200MJ

200,000KJ

1GJ

1,000,000KJ

2GJ

2,000,000KJ

Equipment

These are a few of the many kinds of equipment that can be installed on a ship.

CLSCLSS

Cargo Life Support System

CLS1

Commodity Logistics Software MK1 (bonus pack)

CLS2

Commodity Logistics Software MK2 (bonus pack)

JD

Jump Drive

UFJD

Unfocussed Jump Drive

SETA

Singularity Engine Time Accelerator

SOS

System Override Software

SSS

Software Signature Scrambler

VEGVEGs

Video Enhancement Goggles

Stations

There are many different types of space stations in the game, but only a few types have commonly-used abbreviations.

CF

Crystal Fab

EQEqDED

Equipment Dock

GT

Goner Temple

OMSM

Ore/Silicon Mine

PAP

Pirate Anarchy Port

PB

Pirate Base

PHQ

Player Headquarters

SPP

Solar Power Plant

SY

Shipyard

TCHQ

TerraCorp Headquarters

TDTS

Trading Dock/Station

Sectors

A few of the sectors in the game also have common abbreviations.

AB

Akeela's Beacon

AP

Argon Prime

BHS

Black Hole Sun

CBNWCBSWCBSE

Cloudbase North West/South West/South East

EoL

Elysium of Light

GF

Getsu Fune

HoL

Home of Light

IZ

Ianamus Zura

KE

Kingdom End

Knnn

Kha'ak Sector nnn (e.g. K931)

NH

Nyana's Hideout

OB

Ore Belt

OL

Omicron Lyrae

PE

President's End

PP

Paranid Prime

TUS

Terran Unknown Sector

US

Unknown Sector

Uxx.yy

Unknown Sector at map co-ordinates xx,yy

Xnnn

Xenon Sector nnn (e.g. X101)

General

And finally a few miscellaneous items.

AI

Artificial Intelligence (usually refers to the computer's ships)

AL

Artificial Life

ANH

A New Home (plot)

BoP

Balance of Power (plot)

CAG

Commercial Agent (bonus pack)

Cap

Slang term for capturing other ships

CTD

Crash To Desktop

DWM

Dock Ware Manager (bonus pack)

ETA

Estimated Time of Arrival (used in ship menus)

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

GOD

Global Decision Engine

HUD

Heads Up Display

IS

In Sector (i.e. the sector you are personally in)

[L]

Indicates that you have a Police Licence with the race the letter appears next to

MDM

Missile Defence Mosquito (bonus pack)

MORT

Manually Operated Remote Trader

MTR

Manual Trade Run

NPC

Non Player Character (usually refers to the computer's ships)

OFF

Operation: Final Fury (plot)

OOS

Out of Sector (i.e. a sector you are not personally in)

OOSD

Out of Sector Defence (defence of the above)

SE

Script Editor

TC

Terran ConflictTransport Class

UO

Unknown Object

UFO

Unidentified Flying Object

XIXIM

Xenon Invasion (a mission type)

LTSTUT

Local/Sector/Universe Trader (Trade Command Software Mk3 commands)

If you see an abbreviation that is not listed here then it may be a standard abbreviation in common online use. Sites such as Acronym Finder or Abbreviations.com may be useful in such cases.